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How Boulder Dam power will refinance Colorado River Project : statement to Congressional Colorado River Commission regarding present and probable future power demands, power supply and cost per K.W.H. for Southern Californiahttp://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/lv_water,18832012-01-20T00:00:00-08:00

Primarly charts and tables showing how the building of Boulder Dam will pay for itself in power usage in Southern California. Predicts on population growth in the area. Includes a letter from the publisher of the Los Angeles Examiner.

]]>Sunset on the Colorado Riverhttp://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/lv_water,632012-02-06T00:00:00-08:00

Sunset on the Colorado River looking downstream from the railroad bridge.

]]>Man on bank of Colorado Riverhttp://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/lv_water,1792012-02-06T00:00:00-08:00

Shows a man standing on the bank of the Colorado River, near Black Canyon. He is wearing a backpack and holding a rock and a rock hammer. There are mountains in the background.

]]>Colorado River in Black Canyonhttp://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/lv_water,1812012-02-06T00:00:00-08:00

View of the Colorado River, five miles below the Hoover Dam site, in Black Canyon.

]]>Colorado River in Black Canyonhttp://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/lv_water,1832012-02-06T00:00:00-08:00

View of the Colorado River in Black Canyon, 7 miles below the Hoover Dam site.

]]>Hoover Dam area and Colorado Riverhttp://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/lv_water,2122012-02-06T00:00:00-08:00

An overview of the Hoover Dam area showing mountains, the Colorado River, and Fortification Hill.

]]>Ferry landing on the Colorado Riverhttp://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/lv_water,5992012-02-06T00:00:00-08:00

This shows a ferry landing on the Colorado River near Black Canyon. The far side shore is Kingman Wash, Arizona. There is an assortment of automobiles and people standing around waiting for the ferry to cross over from the other side. There is a dirt road on the Arizona side leading from the water into the foothills.

Shows the Colorado River in Black Canyon at the beginning of construction on the dam. Some cables are suspended across the river, some construction workers are on the roads next to the river, and a power shovel is visible.

View of the Colorado River before the water was diverted to build Hoover Dam. Suspension bridges across the river are visible and various buildings can be seen on the lower walls of Black Canyon.

]]>Temporary cableway spanning the Colorado River near Lookout Pointhttp://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/lv_water,922012-02-06T00:00:00-08:00

A temporary cableway filled with construction workers is poised above the Colorado River in Black Canyon near Lookout Point. The Arizona spillway operations are shown in the background.

]]>Steel form for diversion tunnel lining being hoisted over the Colorado Riverhttp://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/lv_water,2042012-02-06T00:00:00-08:00

A completed section of steel form to be used for lining the diversion tunnels is seen being hoisted on a cableway over the Colorado River. A construction worker can be seen standing on top of the form.

Pamphlet discussing whether or not Hoover Dam should be built and the allocation of Colorado River water and of the power that the dam would produce. Contains several maps.

]]>Colorado River near Black Canyonhttp://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/lv_water,1502012-06-26T00:00:00-07:00

A man is standing on the bank of the Colorado River in Black Canyon.

]]>Men working on bank of Colorado Riverhttp://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/lv_water,1802012-02-06T00:00:00-08:00

Two men are constructing what appears to be a dock on the bank of the Colorado River in lower Black Canyon. There are mountains in the background.

]]>Partial proceedings of Conference of governors, commissioners and advisors of the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, on the Colorado Riverhttp://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/lv_water,18102012-01-20T00:00:00-08:00

Speech of Hon. Geo. H. Dern, governor of Utah -- Speech of U.S. Senator Key Pittman, of Nevada -- Resolution adopted by the conference requesting the President of the United States to notify Mexico that the water of the Colorado River is reserved for use in the United States, except as may be agreed upon by future treaty as an act if comity on the part of the United States

]]>Railroad freight cars carrying gravel across a trestle bridge on the Colorado Riverhttp://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/lv_water,2362012-02-06T00:00:00-08:00

A locomotive pulls freight cars loaded with gravel across a trestle bridge on the Colorado River toward the screening plant. A round trip took slightly over two hours.

]]>Dumping materials at temporary pile bridge to complete diversion of the Colorado River.http://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/lv_water,2442012-02-06T00:00:00-08:00

Dump trucks dump materials into the Colorado River to from a temporary bridge in order to divert the river into the diversion tunnels. Several construction workers carry out and supervise the operation and a large group watches from the river bank, standing in front of a temporary building.

]]>Aerial view of Colorado River in Boulder Canyon.http://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/lv_water,2852012-02-06T00:00:00-08:00

An aerial view of the Colorado River flowing through Black Canyon (not Boulder Canyon).

]]>Representatives of the Colorado River Commissionhttp://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/lv_water,532012-02-01T00:00:00-08:00

Representatives of the Colorado River Commission, left to right,unknown, Dr. Roy Martin, Walker Young, Ed Clark, and C.P. "Pop" Squires.